in the studio with us right now, is john burton, no matter always a senator. we also have rebecca taylor who grew up in the foster care system. this is really important show. 60,000, that is huge number and that number is down but sounds impossible. senator burton, can you set the foundation. >> it started out just to focus on homeless children. somehow i buchbld into the foster care issue. people don't understand that i was in public office for 35 years. until i got out i did not realize how screwed up the foster care system is. bee started focusing on that. you could change laws and change policy to help foster children. about f it's homeless children you almost to have change society which you can't do with a law. >> so you starred screwed up. can you give us an example of that? >> it still is. children's have six through ten placements. some up to 20. we found out that there was no housing for them. when they turn 18, they are turned out on the street with nothing. you get out of jail you get $200 and a bowl of soup. we started focusing our foundation eman

john burton, who was, unfortunately, unable to make it today. but i wanted to be here myself to establish our support of this project. on a personal note, i spend my days quantifying the need for programs like this, as well as studying the successful outcomes, and i can speak to the fact that there is a great, great need for programs such as this in our city, as well as speak to the fact that programs similar to these have tremendous successful outcomes for these youth. so i just want to thank you for the opportunity to speak on behalf of my organization as well as in the hopes that you will support this project and the youth that it will benefit. thank you. president olague: thank you. if i've called your name, please, you can come to the mic. >> hi. my name is rod giden, the co-founder and executive director of at the crossroads, a street outreach and counseling organization for street youth in san francisco. i've been running it for 14 years. i was a member of the transition an aged tach force and a member of the steering commit. i'm here to

conversations with amy, who started first place for youth and is now the policy director of the john burton foundation for children without homes. jennifer smith spoke to us from there today. and then the blue ribbon commission on children in foster care, which is under the judicial council of california, conversations with chris woo, their executive director, as well as judge dean stout and judge david reed. and also with the center for families, children and the courts. and it's interesting to me and pleasing to me that these organizations' offices are actually in san francisco. we are somewhat of the headquarters for the state in this regard, and i like that. president olague: one thing i wanted to comment on was there was some comments made, i think, from members of the public, especially those who live in the marina, that i found really inspiring. i think one was from -- was it langley? yeah. i was really moved by your comments, i have to say, because sometimes people who have privilege aren't grateful in the way that you expressed, that you're grateful your parents were able to assist

military intervention of the country but promised to help i was colonel gadhafi through peaceful means john burton on top of the book humanitarian imperialism says german aid needin used to purchase weapons. it seems to me that germany is sort of really sort of generally smidgens the only one and even assuming the. maybe we can with the money in the illegally. i mean that you see this is a sneaky weevil germany intervening in the. libya end it seems to me that it's also sure there is a certain kind of this mutation and the say that it's need because they have been building and building in building thoughts over months now. expected to be and still there is a break ins. and there's no problem we see them on station on the web browsing monster usually in cities lately and it's now believed i mean a day i would say that there are weapons given to all the population in this and you know the leader will that it's all stage managed you know they're showing the institutional means the people act and it will need a leader. in the later there is a mother able to detail all of these known delusion there is

jim got together with john burton who is the head of the democrats and said, give me 19 congressional seats and everybody can stay the same. john said, fine, we retain our majority here, everybody gets a sase intel for you. still have the majority in the congressional district. deal done. it was pretty well summed up. >> we are dealing with the congressional districts, but also the state legislative district. which one has got a power-play? >> i would say locally for you tonight, it's the locals. nationally, california is going to remain ready much blue. but it's good to open things up in sacramento, and that's when to be a change. >> all right. which will be interesting. a few hours away from another that limit debate. >> but what happens if congress can't raise it by tuesday's deadline? all right. a uc berkeley fellow who has been following the ups and downs of this debt limit that joins us next. ,,,,,,,,,, [ female announcer ] this is the story of eves. [ eves ] years ago, i hurt my shoulder drag racing. that's when i decided to take it easy, so i took up hang gliding. [ female ann

now, a look at the senate and are rare colloquy between richard burton and john mccain of arizona talking to each other across the aisle. and i think what's most disscourge the average person is asking, why would we inflict this pain in the midst after recession? why would we have the fear of dwawlgt on america's debt for the first time in our history? why would we lose or credit rating, the best in the world, aaa, because of a manufactured political debate here i washington? we'll pay for this for a long time. for every 1% interest rates go up, our national debt goes up $1.3 trillion over ten years. as we talk about all the spending cuts we want, the fact is we end up in a position where we can't really keep up with increases in the interest rate. the majority time has expired. mr. mccain: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. mr. levin: continuing the colloquy on this side of the aisle -- and we would give up the floor -- mr mccain: -- [inaudible] i used the time

burton, indiana. quico canseco of texas. chip crayaack of minnesota. john dunn can of tennessee, trent franks of arizona. scott desjarlais of tennessee. morgan griffith of virginia. jamie herrera beutler of washington, randy hullgren of illinois. there and go back to our callers. caller: i would just like to say that this is just sickening watching all of this. there has to be independence out there that are not going to be to either party or to any kind of politics. let's face it. this is just political posturing for the 2012 elections. that's all it is. it's cut-and-dried. as a veteran of the united states of america for 21 years it sickens me. and i hate to say this, but watching these guys and ladies and gentlemen debate over this just makes me unproud to be an american that we can't get something done. it just amazes me. but like i said, the bottom line is this is all political posturing for 2012 and the future. and i would love to see some independents come in -- i was a democrat for a long time. i saw on the blue dog side, your second speaker coming

host: we're back with congressman dan burton, republican of indiana. let's look at the johnhner plan that he laid out to all of you in a caucus meeting yesterday. could you vote yes on that? guest: have not seen the entire plan but i probably will. host: what was the message to you yesterday? guest: we have to cut more spending than the debt ceiling increase. he was talking about of $1.2 trillion cap in spending. and a $1 trillion increase in the debt ceiling. a move toward a balanced budget, we are committing to a balanced budget amendment. i know that that is not possible right now but it is something we really need to do. we have 49 states doing that, living within their means. the converse of the united states should as well. the program of cap, a cut, and balance, cat current spending, cut spending, and balance the budget, we're not supporting a tax increase. the worst thing you can do it during an economic problem that we have right now is to raise taxes. we can have on employment and 9.2%. it has been going up instead of them. when you take disposable income out of pe

john boehner. both made televised addresses last night on the debt. on today's "washington journal," an update on the debt ceiling bills in the house and the senate. dan burton who serves on the house foreign affairs committee and jan schakowsky will join us. then we will talk with bradford fitch. "washington journal" each morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> you are watching c-span, bringing you politics and public affairs. every morning it is "washington journal," our live call-in program about the news of the day, connecting you with elected officials, policymakers, and journalists. weekdays, watch live coverage of the u.s. house, and on weeknights, congressional hearings and policy forums. also supreme court oral arguments. on the weekends, you can see our signature interview programs. on saturdays, "the communicators," and on sundays, "newsmakers," "q&a," and prime minister's questions from the british house of commons. you can also watch our programming any time at c-span.org, and it is all searchable at our c-span video library. c-span -- washington your way, a public service created by america's cable companies. >> senate majority leader harry reid laid